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Good Wine
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Good Wine by Ernest John Moeran — Lyrics
Now that the Spring hath filled our veins
With kind and active fire,
And made green liv’ries for the plains,
And every grove a quire:
Sing we a song of merry glee,
And Bacchus fill the bowl:
Then here’s to thee; And thou to me
And every thirsty soul.
Nor Care, nor Sorrow e’er paid debt,
Nor never shall do mine;
I have no cradle going yet,
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About Good Wine
Ernest John Moeran’s Good Wine paints a vivid picture of springtime revelry. The words express the joy of the season, with its ‘kind and active fire’ and greening landscape, urging a celebration fueled by merriment and Bacchus’s bounty. It’s a secular SATB partsong in English, capturing a spirit of carefree enjoyment and communal fellowship. The text revels in a delightful absence of worry, extolling the virtues of good wine and freedom from domestic or financial concerns. It calls for everyone to partake in the merriment, becoming ‘plump as the lusty grape’ in a scene of unadulterated, boisterous pleasure.
